PRINCE Harry has opened up about the death of his mother Princess Diana three days after becoming a first time father to his own son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

Describing how his newborn child has given him focus, Harry also spoke of the trauma of losing his mother, Diana, who died in 1997 when the Prince was just aged 12. He spoke to soldier Dennis van der Stroon during a trip to the Hague to promote the Invictus Games due to take place in one years’ time. Mr van der Stroon, who served in the Dutch army, said: “He said missing a mother is like missing some kind of security, how you need that as a son and it falls away when you lose your mother.”

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The soldier, who served in the military from 2006 to 2011, added: “Harry talked about how having a small child was his new focus and new goal and I told him how a couple of months ago, I was struggling with my mental health but my wife’s pregnancy has given me a goal.

“Above all he said he was just amazed by the miracles in the world, and how his child has made a lot of people happy. He also told me he’s really happy that his son is so far very quiet.”

He continued: “I was involved in a couple of IED strikes and though nobody was wounded, the whole experience was like living with 24/7 anxiety and stress.

Harry has opened up about the death of his mother Princess Diana (Image: GETTY)

“I told Harry about my mother and we talked about our shared experience of missing a mum.

“He said he meets a lot of people in his work who have lost a mother, father, sister, brother or relatives and when he hears their story, as he heard my story, he said he doesn’t feel so alone.”

Harry, 34, wore a jacket to the event that read ‘Invictus Family Daddy’ on it as he travelled to Holland a day after showing is newborn off to the world in a photo call with wife Meghan Markle in Windsor.

He and Meghan, 37, smiled for pictures yesterday with the newborn (Image: GETTY)

Asked whether Archie would accompany him to the 2020 games Harry replied: “I’ve no idea.”

Announcing the birth of his son on Monday, Harry gave a giddy statement to the public at Windsor - though it later emerged Meghan had been taken to hospital for the birth, shattering her hopes of a home birth.

Harry delivered a heartfelt speech following his son’s arrival, saying it was “the most amazing experience I can ever have possibly imagined”.

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He told reporters: “How any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension, but we’re both absolutely thrilled and so grateful to all the love and support from everybody out there. It’s been amazing, so we just wanted to share this with everybody.”